◇ image via WikipediaDam-Funk
Dam-Funk is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Egyptian Lover and MC Eiht. Those roots explain a lot about how Dam-Funk arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Tuxedo, Dudley Perkins, Slave, Zapp and Georgia Anne Muldrow, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Christine and the Queens, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Dam-Funk, reaching back through The Egyptian Lover and forward to Christine and the Queens. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Damon Garrett Riddick, better known by his stage name Dam-Funk, is an American funk musician, vocalist and producer from Pasadena, California. In 2007, Riddick signed with the L.A.-based record label Stones Throw Records.
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Dam-Funk connections
Dam-Funk grew out of The Egyptian Lover and MC Eiht, shares an orbit with Tuxedo, Dudley Perkins, Slave and Zapp, went on to shape Christine and the Queens. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Dam-Funk
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